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You might run into this 12-meter-long dragon and have to do that cartwheel-legged, Scooby Doo run off the premises. This sculpture was constructed by Valve, a Finnish LARPing group who built (and left) it there last month. Between this and the Wizard Quest in Wisconsin, we have a good case for building more dragons in random geographical locales. More »
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Now that Dungeons & Dragons is going mainstream, it's only a matter of time until everyone has their own Dungeon Master. Watch as Adam Busch (Buffy's Warren) shows you how a collection of aged geeks get back into the game. More »
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Community has continually won us over with their genre episode exploits, from the Right Stuff space spoof to the action flick parody in "Modern Warfare." So when the students of Greendale revealed that their next episode was taking on the world of Dungeons & Dragons, we readied ourselves for a full alternate universe. We expected giant winged Abed monsters, or Jeff sporting a tunic while fighting off sex-starved elf maidens. Thankfully, we were wrong. Once again Community flipped the scales and delivered a stripped down, but glorious, game of D&D. And by doing so exposed a mainstream audience of non-gamers to the lush and deeply imaginative world of role playing. More »
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Nick Edwards' cartoon LARPing guide covers the basics of giant polyurethane broadsword play, from etiquette (no cell phones) to relationship advice (you'll have to slay your spouse, sorry). Lightning bolt, lightning bolt! [Team Dynamite Lazer Beam via Super Punch] More »
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A group of over 200 Russian role players enacted their own Fallout-style video game, offering a taste of how the nuclear apocalypse might look. Check out the gallery of their gameplay, complete with military encampments, radiation suits, and atomic zombies. More »
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Gary Gygax, co-inventor of Dungeons and Dragons, will probably be best remembered as the man who brought role playing games into the lives of millions of teenagers in the 1970s, and who helped spawn an entire industry. If you've ever rolled an eight-sided dice in a game, it's thanks to him. While his bread and butter was swords and sworcery, he was also an avid science fiction fan (he even designed a scifi D&D module, Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, whose artwork is pictured here). He worked on several scifi games, as well as writing several science fiction stories. With the sad news today that Gary passed away in his home, we take a long, triviatastic look at his love for gaming and science fiction. More »
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